Murders Jordan

A military court convicted a Jordanian soldier Saturday of killing seven Israeli schoolgirls who were visiting his country on a class outing. It sentenced him to life in prison. Cpl. Ahmed Daqamseh was found guilty of the murder of the girls, who were shot to death March 13 at the "Island of Peace" border post. The popular tourist spot overlooks the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Daqamseh faced the death penalty.

Last year, 18-year-old Iman told her family that she was in love with a man. In response, her 21-year-old brother poisoned her, then smashed her skull with a rock. He served less than a year in jail. Last month, 14-year-old Israa was strangled to death by her 15-year-old brother after she spoke to a neighbor boy. The brother acted because he knew failure to do so would have proved him a coward, unable to defend his family's honor.

Last year, 18-year-old Iman told her family that she was in love with a man. In response, her 21-year-old brother poisoned her, then smashed her skull with a rock. He served less than a year in jail. Last month, 14-year-old Israa was strangled to death by her 15-year-old brother after she spoke to a neighbor boy. The brother acted because he knew failure to do so would have proved him a coward, unable to defend his family's honor.

A gunman from Yemen stormed into the Yemeni Embassy on Saturday, killing a diplomat and wounding the man's assistant. The attacker was apprehended shortly after the shooting in the heart of the Jordanian capital, security officials said. The suspect was identified as Ahmed Al-Haddad, officials said. Yihya al-Arousi, an embassy official, told Associated Press that the suspect was angry because the embassy had managed to only obtain part of the money a former Jordanian employer owed him.

Two Jordanians were hanged at dawn Thursday for murdering a moneychanger in Amman during the first such armed robbery in the country, security officials said. A military court sentenced Said Nasser Mohammad Ali, 28, and Ahmed Salim Jumaa, 22, to death for shooting Muhieddin Bashiti in July. A third man received a sentence of life imprisonment with hard labor and a fourth 2O years with hard labor.

A gunman from Yemen stormed into the Yemeni Embassy on Saturday, killing a diplomat and wounding the man's assistant. The attacker was apprehended shortly after the shooting in the heart of the Jordanian capital, security officials said. The suspect was identified as Ahmed Al-Haddad, officials said. Yihya al-Arousi, an embassy official, told Associated Press that the suspect was angry because the embassy had managed to only obtain part of the money a former Jordanian employer owed him.

Orderly, peaceful and sane. That's Jordan, often viewed as a small island of calm in the rough Middle East seas. And officials here would like it to stay that way. So when eight people, including an Iraqi diplomat, his wife and several Iraqi businessmen, were sliced up and killed in a hilltop villa in normally sedate Amman this month, it was a matter of no small concern to the government, which does not want Jordan to become a stage for violence by its stronger neighbors. The killings Jan.

Orderly, peaceful and sane. That's Jordan, often viewed as a small island of calm in the rough Middle East seas. And officials here would like it to stay that way. So when eight people, including an Iraqi diplomat, his wife and several Iraqi businessmen, were sliced up and killed in a hilltop villa in normally sedate Amman this month, it was a matter of no small concern to the government, which does not want Jordan to become a stage for violence by its stronger neighbors. The killings Jan.

A military court convicted a Jordanian soldier Saturday of killing seven Israeli schoolgirls who were visiting his country on a class outing. It sentenced him to life in prison. Cpl. Ahmed Daqamseh was found guilty of the murder of the girls, who were shot to death March 13 at the "Island of Peace" border post. The popular tourist spot overlooks the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Daqamseh faced the death penalty.

Two Jordanians were hanged at dawn Thursday for murdering a moneychanger in Amman during the first such armed robbery in the country, security officials said. A military court sentenced Said Nasser Mohammad Ali, 28, and Ahmed Salim Jumaa, 22, to death for shooting Muhieddin Bashiti in July. A third man received a sentence of life imprisonment with hard labor and a fourth 2O years with hard labor.